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ArticleThe American journal of drug and alcohol abuse2011

Mindfulness impairments in individuals seeking treatment for substance use disorders.

Elias Dakwar, John P Mariani, Frances R Levin

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Article in The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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3 authors.

Elias DakwarDepartment of Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute (NYSPI), Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA. dakware@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
John P Mariani
Frances R Levin

Funding

Translational Clinical Research Fellowship on Substance Use DisordersT32DA007294 · NIDA · COLUMBIA UNIV NEW YORK MORNINGSIDE · PI Frances Rudnick Levin, Diana M Martinez · 1993 to 2026
$9.3M
NIDA NIH HHS T32 DA007294
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMindfulness training may be an effective treatment for substance use disorders (SUDs). Little research has been done, however, on baseline levels of mindfulness in the substance using population. OBJECTIVES/

methodsWe investigated mindfulness levels using the Mindful Attention Awareness Scale (MAAS) in individuals presenting for substance use treatment, and compared polydrug vs. monodrug users, as well as investigated for differences between groups based on substance used, predicting that group means would fall below the mean obtained from a large national adult sample, that the different drug groups would have comparable scores, and that the polydrug users would have a significantly lower score than do monodrug users.

resultsWe found that the means of most drug groups were below the national mean, and that the polydrug users had a lower score on the MAAS than did monodrug users (4 vs. 3.6, p = 0.04). We were also surprised to find that opiate users had a significantly higher score (4.31) than did users of other substances (p = 0.02). CONCLUSION/SIGNIFICANCE: These results suggest that mindfulness deficits may be common in the substance using population, that there may be sub-groups in which these deficits are more pronounced, and that they may be a suitable focus of SUD treatment. These findings lend support to the ongoing development of mindfulness-based treatments for SUDs, and suggest that particular sub-groups may benefit more than others. Future research can aim at clarifying these deficits, and at elucidating their clinical relevance.

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AttentionAwarenessConsciousnessAdultAgedCognitive Behavioral TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedNew YorkPatient Acceptance of Health CareSocioeconomic FactorsSubstance-Related DisordersSurveys and QuestionnairesYoung Adult

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PMCPMC3119030

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